Readings

Week 1

Who are we? How do we create a brave space for inquiry?

• Cultivating Genius: Introduction & Chapter 1

• At Last- Practitioner Inquiry and the Practice of Teaching

• Optional Podcast: Dealing With Things as They Are: Creating a Classroom Environment

Week 2

Why is literacy such contested terrain in these times? What’s the relationship between literacy and CRT?

• • Cultivating Genius: Chapter 2

  • Critical Race Theory in Education: Chapter 1

  • The myth of race, debunked in 3 minutes

  • Race - the Power of an Illusion

  • Race the Power of an Illusion, Episode 2

  • Scene on Radio: Seeing White. Episode 4 - On Crazy We Built a Nation (36 min podcast listen)

  • https://www.instagram.com/tv/COgO3NShzes/?utm_medium=copy_link

Optional: Read HarroCofS.pdf

• • Listen to https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/miss-buchanans-period-of-adjustment/ (Dives deeper into the complications and impact of Brown vs. Board of Education)

Week 3

What’s the connection between history and identity? How is it present in language and action?

READ:

• Cultivating Genius: Chapter 3 of Cultivating Genius “Toward the Pursuit of Identity”

• Critical Race Theory in Education: Chapter 2 of CRT in Ed “Critical Race Theory - What It Is not!”

JOURNAL:

• Consider the children in your classroom and journal about how you see them? How might they challenge your perception or assumptions?

CREATE:

• Complete the attached Art-based Project exploring identity in response to CG Chapter 3. We will be sharing your creations during our meeting on Wednesday.

Week 4

How can we make visible hidden stories?

• Cultivating Genius Chapters 4: Towards the Pursuit of Skills (pp.82-99)

• Critical Race Theory in Education Chapter 3: From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in the U.S. (pp.59-77)

Week 5

How do our identities impact how we think about race?

• Cultivating Genius Chapters 4: Towards the Pursuit of Skills (pp.82-99)

• Critical Race Theory in Education Chapter 3: From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in the U.S. (pp.59-77)

Week 6

How does criticality play a role in our practice? What's its relationship to race?

• Cultivating Genius Chapter 6: Towards the Pursuit of Criticality (pp.116 - 133)

• Critical Race Theory in Education Chapter 7: Racialized Discourses and Ethnic Epistemologies (pp. 153-177)

Week 7

How does criticality play a role in our practice? What's its relationship to race?

• Cultivating Genius Part Three (Chapters 7 & 8) Implementing Historically Responsive Texts and Lesson Plans (pp 134-156)

• Bring two lessons to share with the group. One that represents an inquiry stance, and the other that can be improved upon with historically responsive texts. Be prepared to talk about your plans and workshop them in small group